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2014
Not Rated
The Orchard
1 h 23 m

2014
Not Rated
The Orchard
1 h 23 m

Summary In Februrary, 2011, 32-year old Matthew VanDyke left Baltimore and set off for Libya to help rebels overthrow the country’s dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. With a gun in one hand and a video camera in the other, he struggled to achieve political revolution and personal transformation.

Documentary

Directed By: Marshall Curry

Written By: Marshall Curry

2014
Not Rated
The Orchard
1 h 23 m

2014
Not Rated
The Orchard
1 h 23 m

Point and Shoot

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews

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Summary In Februrary, 2011, 32-year old Matthew VanDyke left Baltimore and set off for Libya to help rebels overthrow the country’s dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. With a gun in one hand and a video camera in the other, he struggled to achieve political revolution and personal transformation.

Documentary

Directed By: Marshall Curry

Written By: Marshall Curry

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Joseph Oliveira

Lt Rashidd

Matt Sager

TV News Anchor

Matthew Vandyke

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews

61% Positive
14 Reviews

35% Mixed
8 Reviews

4% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews

61% Positive
14 Reviews

35% Mixed
8 Reviews

4% Negative
1 Review

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Oct 30, 2014

Via his subject’s idiosyncracies – VanDyke is a habitual hand-washer and diagnosed OCD-ite – Curry starts to weave a subtle, but nonetheless eloquent critique not just of one man's compulsions, but a culture's.

Nov 20, 2014

Despite his neuroses, VanDyke displays self-awareness and humility, and a charisma that ranges from the goofiness of Owen Wilson to the grandiosity of his hero, Lawrence of Arabia.

By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW

Jan 15, 2015

Adventurer, narcissist or both? Marshall Curry’s riveting study of a momma’s boy turned freedom fighter never editorialises, leaving us to decide.

Arizona Republic

Nov 20, 2014

Point and Shoot is a fascinating, frequently frustrating documentary.

By Barbara VanDenburgh FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

Oct 30, 2014

A compelling account of an ordinary guy who transformed himself through extraordinary circumstance.

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

Jan 12, 2015

A strange story that's no less disturbing for its unbalanced telling.

By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW

Oct 31, 2014

Point and Shoot consequently feels like a film made by a storyteller — not a journalist — who doesn't know he can ask follow-up questions.

By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Production Company The Orchard, ITVS International, Marshall Curry Productions LLC, P.O.V./American Documentary

Release Date Oct 31, 2014

Duration 1 h 23 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Documentary

Website https://www.facebook.com/pointandshootfilm

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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Gotham Awards

• 2 Nominations

Little Rock Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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